Cloudflare silently deleted my DNS records
Interesting from the perspective of error-handling and cloud-services as fundamental communications infrastructure:
If I intentionally set out to build a horrible user experience I’m
Roman Kudryashov
A new way to think about your favorite game’s code
It’s surprisingly hard to archive a video game. Cartridges decay, eventually; discs become unreadable as their plastic degrades. Source codes are lost to corporate
A Ferrari That Bricks Itself
Dude comes straight from the dealership for a car-seat installation, but halfway through the car disables itself (I’m guessing some anti-tamper safeguard). Hilariously, the
Land Rover’s New $83,000 Defender Is an Alpha Male Still in Beta
The bigger concern is the electronics. New owners have complained about minor, but annoying, glitches: a clock that works only intermittently, keyless entry failure, irregularities
025 - On AdTech & Awful Advertising UIs
This isn’t an error state per se. But, it does highlight a form of extremely poor design that might as well be an error.
Code Rot and Data Biases in Healthcare Apps
On code rot and data bias in health devices: https://apple.news/A8IvTES9NRPWijHhtnUG89Q
Vaughan was spurred into action when the continuous glucose monitor (CGM) function
"The Algorithm" is an Excuse
Stanford Health Care apologized Friday for a plan that left nearly all of its young front-line doctors out of the first round of coronavirus vaccinations.
A Trip to the Airport / Digitized Wayfinding
Airports are logistics-centric data fiends. Flights are constantly being routed and rerouted. The showcase of data is an integral part of the experience.
So when screen critical to the traveler's experience fail, you take notice. And when it happens over and over…
What is Integration Testing?
On June 17th, HBO accidentally sent out an email meant for only internal developer audiences. This email was an integration test, confirming that the code was running as intended.
Except, they sent it out to everyone... by an intern.
023 - Outdoor Advertising
You drive down your local highway. Strip malls are to your left and right. You stop at a red light. To your left is a
022 - ATM Error
My wife and I debated for some time as to whether this qualified as an error state. “But it’s not entirely broken!” she argued.
021 - Starbucks Screens
My last year in high school and a few years through college, I worked at Starbucks. It was a pretty great job as far as